Kobe Bryant's availability for Monday's game against Orlando is in question after the Lakers star suffered a sprained left ankle against Dallas.

And he provided no answers a day later when he declined to speak to reporters after arriving at the team's training facility Sunday to get treatment. Not even Phil Jackson had any idea of Bryant's status since the guard showed up shortly after practice ended.

"He'll be a game-time decision. We hope he'll be able to play," Jackson said.

Bryant battled a variety of injuries last season before deciding to sit out nine games. a stretch in which the Lakers went 6-3. He has played in all 67 games this season, and Jackson indicated that if Bryant can walk without too much pain, he'll be on the Staples Center court Monday to face the Magic (42-25).

"The big thing about Kobe last year is he played through a lot of injuries and then sat out for six games, and I thought it helped him out overall," Jackson said.

After Saturday's game, Bryant described the swelling as "a baseball" growing on the outside of his ankle, but said that with constant treatment, he would be "fine." He returned to the game midway through the fourth quarter despite the severity of the sprain, which Bryant described as the worst he's had.

"I asked him if he wanted to play. But he was there, and he said 'Yeah, I'm here to play,'" Jackson said Sunday. "He got back out there and helped us win it, but he was moving less than 100 percent."

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